Once Upon a Time/Heart of Gold

Heart of Gold
Season 4, Episode 17
Airdate	April 12, 2015
Production Number	417
Written by	Tze Chun & Scott Nimerfro
Directed by	Billy Gierhart
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Once Upon a Time — Season Four

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Heart of Gold is the seventeenth episode of the fourth season of Once Upon a Time and the eighty-third episode overall.

Starring: Ginnifer Goodwin (Snow White / Mary Margaret Blanchard), Jennifer Morrison (Emma Swan), Lana Parrilla (The Evil Queen / Regina Mills), Josh Dallas (Prince Charming / David Nolan), Emilie de Ravin (Belle), Colin O'Donoghue (Captain Hook), Jared S. Gilmore (Henry Mills), Michael Socha (Knave of Hearts / Will Scarlet)

and Robert Carlyle (Rumplestiltskin / Mr. Gold)

Guest Starring: Patrick Fischler (The Author), Christie Laing (Marian), Rebecca Mader (Zelena), Sean Maguire (Robin), Wil Traval (Sheriff of Nottingham)

Co-Starring: Raphael Alejandro (Roland), Jason Burkart (Little John), Jennifer Cheon (Nurse), Leif Havdale (Purse Snatcher), Paul Kloegman (Carriage Driver)

Plot Overview

Emma is still reeling after learning the truth of her parents' history with Maleficent, but she must focus on finding the Author, who is running loose in Storybrooke, before Gold does. When Gold's quest for his happy ending grows more urgent, he blackmails Regina into helping him. In the Enchanted Forest of the past, Robin Hood learns what it means to be an honorable thief when he accepts a proposition by Rumpelstiltskin to travel to Oz to steal a valuable magic elixir from The Wicked Witch.

Viewership

• Viewers: 5.17 million
• 18-49 Rating: 1.6%